10 Specialty Museums in Province of Bari That You Shouldn't Miss

Edificato tra la fine del XVI e l’inizio del XVII sec. nel cuore del centro storico di Altamura, il palazzo ospita il Museo dell'Uomo di Altamura e fa parte della Rete Museale Uomo di Altamura. Inoltre rappresenta un punto informazioni relativo ai siti e monumenti del territorio. Al suo interno, un percorso espositivo illustra il tema dell’evoluzione biologica dell’uomo, soffermandosi sui fattori geologici e climatici che sono all’origine del processo di ominazione con l’ausilio di pannelli didattici e repliche dei reperti paleoantropologici più importanti. Particolare rilevanza è attribuita all'Uomo di Altamura, uno dei più interessanti reperti fossili neandertaliani. È esposta in questa sede la riproduzione fisica in scala 1:1 della cosiddetta abside, la porzione della Grotta di Lamalunga che contiene lo scheletro fossile.

"Frrudd" the wine cellar- Wine museum Dating back to the 1500's and after 60 years of inactivity, the Frrud cellar, from the old owner surname Angelantonio Ferrulli, brings to the light the treasures of the Altamura's wine tradition. Located behind the Altamura's Cathedral, it is one of the oldest sites in the historic city center. Guided tour and wines tasting available (reservation is suggested).

La prima esperienza museale in Puglia legata al pane, un viaggio pluri-sensoriale e multimediale. Non un museo-mausoleo, ma un vero e proprio "luogo dell'anima", un'opera che prende vita in un percorso che parte dall'interno di un forno antico del Trecento, dove nel 1956 ebbe origine una parte importante della storia del Pane di Altamura Dop attraverso la tecnica del giovanissimo Vito Forte.

Palazzo Jatta was built in the middle of the XIX century to host the Jatta's Archeological Museum. Nowadays you can visit eight rooms: the entrance, the chapel, the living room, the bedroom, the library, the dining room, the dancing room and the gallery of the ancestors where are saved the original wall papers, decoration on the ceiling and floors. Inside are exhibited old furniture (XVIII and XIX century) and paintings (XVI, XVII, XIII, XIX century). Visits by reservation only

The Museum of the Diocese of Molfetta, Ruvo, Giovinazzo and Terlizzi, set out over three levels in the elegant surroundings of the sixteenth-century Jesuit College (today used as an Episcopal Seminary), houses works of great historic, artistic, archeological and liturgical value, “living” historical evidence to the path of faith which has been accomplished by the local church over the centuries. Each artefact has its own place along that path, the path that any ecclesiastical museum should aim to retrace, and a path in which the museum also carries out its pastoral function.The museum’s route starts with a rich archeological section, including both pre-historic and pre-Roman material. Also on the ground floor, the Lapidarium room certainly constitutes one of the most “living” pieces of evidence of the history of the Diocese, as it contains various architectural fragments and sculptures which have come from Molfetta’s ancient Duomo (cathedral), from other churches and from local street furniture.The museum’s route leads the visitor to the contemplation of the Mystery of Easter, which comes to life here thanks to the harmonious arrangement of the antique wooden statues used in Molfetta’s Holy Week, commissioned by the Confraternity of Death. Ideally immersed in the processional route which winds around the streets of the town. The first floor of the museum houses the beautiful, monumental Library of the Espiscopal Seminary which houses, in its elegant bookcases, around 47,000 volumes including manuscripts, incunables, graduals, cinquecentine and numerous other volumes dating back to the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, originating from the library funds of the ex-Jesuit College. The picture gallery, on the second floor of the museum, aims to illustrate the development of local painting over the centuries, by using numerous pieces of evidence from all over the diocese. The wealth of paintings on display span an arc of time from the fifteenth century to the modern day, highlighting various areas of contact with the contemporary art of southern Italy.